. the squat ##ters blocked some doorway ##s in the rooms they re ##oc ##cup ##ied in the monumental structures of the site and left rubbish that included a mixture of domestic refuse and non @ - @ ut ##ili ##tarian items such as musical instruments . these inhabitants reused the earlier monuments for their own ritual activities far removed from those of the royal dynasty that had erected them . some monuments were van ##dal ##ized and some were moved to new locations . before its final abandonment all respect for the old rulers had disappeared , with the tombs of the north ac ##ropolis being explored for jade and the easier to find tombs being looted . after 950 , ti ##kal was all but deserted
. the squatters blocked some doorways in the rooms they reoccupied in the monumental structures of the site and left rubbish that included a mixture of domestic refuse and non @ - @ utilitarian items such as musical instruments. these inhabitants reused the earlier monuments for their own ritual activities far removed from those of the royal dynasty that had erected them. some monuments were vandalized and some were moved to new locations. before its final abandonment all respect for the old rulers had disappeared, with the tombs of the north acropolis being explored for jade and the easier to find tombs being looted. after 950, tikal was all but deserted